This and the academic rigor of his father Maulana Khairuddin, himself a renowned scholar, who returned to India and settled in Calcutta, made Azad a master theologian without ever having attended formal school. His mastery of the subject was due to an Arab mother, hence the mother tongue, classic Arabic, being spoken at home. In 1931 while he was extradited in Ranchi, he had completed his translation, commentary and explication of the Quran. In his writings and their philosophical underpinnings lie the keys to these complex questions. identity in the face of growing hostility and alienation. Also to remind the Muslims that in Azad lies the answer to their largest concern I,e. Too many bigger issues are preoccupying that space.įor me, as Azad's biographer this is the moment to remind the world of his relevance to the global preoccupation with Islam and terror. Maybe cross party lines a few will garland his portrait at Parliament House, a short film may be shown here and there, but none if this will cause a ripple in the public mind. Tomorrow we may hear about the mandatory chadar placed on his grave at Chandni Chowk. The country forgot his birth, at least the media did. No matter whether he was at home or in prison, on a train or a houseboat, he cherished this time when without any interference he could pour boiling water on jasmine tea leaves and brew for himself what he referred as 'aatish e saiyyal' (liquid fire). 4 a.m was Azad's best hour when his creative energy was at its peak. Maybe it was the aura of the day which woke me up at 4 30 that morning. 'I who am an aimless wanderer, a stranger to my times and myself, nourished on wounded sentiments, filled with the fullness of longing, a wreck of unfulfilled desires, named Ahmed, called Abul Kalam was born in 1888 (1305 Al Hijri) coming to a world whose existence is presumption, from a non existence that has the semblance of reality, and became exposed to the allegation of being alive.' Let me use his own unparalleled expression from his autobiography Tazkirah to describe his birth: He was born 128 years ago in the city of Makkah. NEW DELHI: November 11 was the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Independent India's first Education Minister, our most erudite scholar and finest mind of the freedom movement.
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